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No. 312,482. Patented Febl l7, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARDEY H. CLEMENT, OF HAZEL DELL, MISSISSIPPI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,432, dated February 17, 1885. Application filed May 15, 1884. (Model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARDEY H. CLEMENT, of Hazel Dell, Prentiss county, Mississippi, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved gate which is so constructed that by means of the same passage-ways of various sizes can be formed in fences, barns, Sue.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a face view of my improved gate, parts being broken out and others shown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line a: :12, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same on the line 3/ 51 Fig. 1.

The gate A is provided on the under side of its bottom pieces with rollers B,which run in a groove, 0, in thesill. A latch, D, is pivoted to swing vertically on a standard, E, of the gate, and passes through avertical slot in the end standard, E. The latch is pressed upward by a spring, F. The gate-post G is pro vided with a vertical slot, through which the end of the-latch D is adapted to pass. In the gate A an opening, H, is formed, which can be closed by a gate, J, held to slide within the gate A in the direction of the length of the said gate A. A hook, K, pivoted to the top of the gate A, is adapted to engage with a stud or staple, L, on the gate J, and hold the gate J closed. The gate J is provided with ahandle-rod, M, for moving it. In the gate J a vertically-sliding gate, N, is held,which closes an opening in the lower part of the gate J. The gate J is guided at its top and bottom by grooves in the top and bottom pieces of the gate A, and the gate N is guided by grooves in the inner surfaces of the standards of the gate J. If the gate A is closed, the latch D automatically catches on the gate-post G, thus locking the gate. If the gate is to be opened, the latch D is pressed down to disengage it from the post G. This can also be done by a person onhorseback. If a wag n or herd of cattle, 820., are to pass, the gate A is opened. If persons, single cows, or horses are to pass, the gate J is opened or moved to one side within the gate A, and ifsmall animals-such as hogs, sheep, dogs, &c., or fowlsare to pass the'gate N is raised.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A farm-gate consisting of a movable gate having an opening therethrough, a horizontallysliding gate mounted on the first-described gate, and adapted to close the opening therein, and a vertically-sliding gate mounted on the said horizontally-sliding gate, and adapted to close an opening therein, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the rolling gate A, having an opening, H, of the horizontallysliding gate J, provided with an opening in its lower side, and adapted to close the opening H, a fastening for securing said gates to gether,and a vertically-sliding gate,N, mounted on the gate J and adapted to close its opening, substantially as set forth.

HARDEY H. CLEMENT.

Witnesses:

B. J. KIZER, JOHN S. Krznn. 

